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War on plastic leaves manufacturers clutching at straws
With public pressure growing on governments to ban single use plastics, manufacturers are feeling the heat
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Ukraine's Roma under attack in wave of hate crimes
More than a dozen Roma people were forced to flee the camp outside the city of Lviv as a result of the attacks
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New Swedish law recognises sex without consent as rape
The law comes after the country was rocked by the #MeToo movement denouncing sexual harassment and assault
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Thousands march against US immigration policy
Thousands of demonstrators marched in cities across the US on Saturday against Trump's hard-line immigration policy
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US teachers quietly train to carry guns into school
America's gun violence epidemic kills around 33,000 people each year
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Trump denies plan to pull out of WTO
I’m not talking about pulling out, Trumps says
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Canada retaliates tariffs on US metals, orange juice
Penalties will add 25% to cost of US steel, and 10% to aluminium
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Post-Saddam Iraq faces parliamentary vacuum for first time
Last ballot is won by populist cleric Moqtada Sadr's electoral alliance with communists
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Avalanche kills Austrian mountaineer in Pakistan
British nationals Bruce Normand, Timothy Miller also injured in incident
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Ballots and bullets: Mexico's bloody election campaign
He is one of 48 candidates murdered this campaign season 28 who were killed during the primary campaigns